Triple

T881103

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	East African Community	`E19027`	entity
Predicate	hasProgram	`P178`	FINISHED
Object	East African Customs Union The East African Customs Union is a regional trade bloc arrangement that facilitates the free movement of goods and harmonized external tariffs among member states of the East African Community.	`E19027`	NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini

Instruction

Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).

Input

Phrase: East African Customs Union | Statement: [East African Community, hasProgram, East African Customs Union]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: East African Customs Union
Context triple: [East African Community, hasProgram, East African Customs Union]

A. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional economic bloc of African states focused on promoting trade integration, economic cooperation, and development across Eastern and Southern Africa.
B. East African Community
The East African Community is a regional intergovernmental organization of several East African countries that promotes economic integration, political cooperation, and social development across the region.
C. Economic Community of Central African States
The Economic Community of Central African States is a regional organization that promotes economic integration, political cooperation, and peace and security among Central African countries.
D. West African Economic and Monetary Union
The West African Economic and Monetary Union is a regional organization of several West African countries that promotes economic integration and shares a common currency, the CFA franc.
E. Southern African Development Community
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is a regional intergovernmental organization that promotes economic integration, political cooperation, and development among countries in Southern Africa.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1

Instruction

Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"

Input

Entity: East African Customs Union
Triple: [East African Community, hasProgram, East African Customs Union]

Generated description

The East African Customs Union is a regional trade bloc arrangement that facilitates the free movement of goods and harmonized external tariffs among member states of the East African Community.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: East African Customs Union
Target entity description: The East African Customs Union is a regional trade bloc arrangement that facilitates the free movement of goods and harmonized external tariffs among member states of the East African Community.

A. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional economic bloc of African states focused on promoting trade integration, economic cooperation, and development across Eastern and Southern Africa.
B. East African Community chosen
The East African Community is a regional intergovernmental organization of several East African countries that promotes economic integration, political cooperation, and social development across the region.
C. Economic Community of Central African States
The Economic Community of Central African States is a regional organization that promotes economic integration, political cooperation, and peace and security among Central African countries.
D. West African Economic and Monetary Union
The West African Economic and Monetary Union is a regional organization of several West African countries that promotes economic integration and shares a common currency, the CFA franc.
E. Southern African Development Community
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is a regional intergovernmental organization that promotes economic integration, political cooperation, and development among countries in Southern Africa.
F. None of above.

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step	Stage	Batch ID	Status	When
creating	Elicitation	`batch_69a4939c32488190a7ccd41cf0abb22b`	completed	March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69a4accb653c81909fe0753f78145be9`	completed	March 1, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ac2a0d31e8819091d3402546d8fa33`	completed	March 7, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ac2a7b1a148190950d40db59a6c0de`	completed	March 7, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ac2ad8a14c819086d21ba068aedf2f`	completed	March 7, 2026, 1:40 p.m.

Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.